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Fertility rate in: Yemen 3.5, Iraq 3.5, Afghanistan 3.9 Fertility rate in: Sweden 1.8, Norway 1.7, Denmark 1.8, United Kingdom 1.7
by nhchris 4y ago
Fertility rate in: Yemen 3.5, Iraq 3.5, Afghanistan 3.9
Fertility rate in: Sweden 1.8, Norway 1.7, Denmark 1.8, United Kingdom 1.7
- jacooper 4y agoSo? In these societies, its important to have lots of kids to be able to live(more workers = more income) Also a family is way more valued in the east than the west, where it seems to be popular to leave your family for any inconvenience(Oh your father insulated you once when he was angry? Go no contact immediately, how dare he!). An example of this is how many Europeans and most of north americans have bad relationships with their parents, compared to someone like an Egyptian or an Iraqi, even though Westerns had arguably better upbringing.
- luckylion 4y agoI believe the point of the GP was that treating women "like first class members of society then" does the opposite: it lowers the number of children. You should still do it, because obviously, but if you expect more children to be the outcome, you'll be in for a surprise.
- nhchris 4y ago> treating women "like first class members of society then" does the opposite I wouldn't go that far. Just that you can't blame low fertility on poor treatment of women, and that "I will protest society by having fewer children" is a convenient fantasy, not a stance held by a significant number of women. I would wager the true cause of low fertility is something merely correlated to women's rights, because e.g. the UAE have a fertility rate of 1.3, while in Israel it's at 3.0. Source for all the numbers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependencies_by_total_fertility_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_d...